The number of tourists in Kamchatka has grown three times

The flow of tourists in Kamchatka Krai has increased by more than three times in 2015. This was stated by the Minister for Far East development Alexander Galushka, according to "national news service" (NSN).

In 2015, the region was visited by 184 thousand persons a year earlier and 59 thousand. Local authorities in the near future I plan to increase this figure to 200 thousand tourists. Officials, in particular, expect to increase the number of visitors from the United States, China, Japan, Korea.

Galushka noted that the development of tourism in Kamchatka will help plan the introduction of the eight-day electronic visa for foreigners. According to the forecasts of the official, such a practice can be implemented in 2017.

The Minister added that progress in the travel industry requires the creation on Kamchatka tourism and other related infrastructures. From the Federal budget allocated 2.8 billion rubles, said Galushka. The volume of private investment in the projects amounted to 12 billion rubles, he said.

In August, the Ministry of culture came up with the idea of financial promote business selling trips to Russia in the off-season. So, tours to Kamchatka officials offered to subsidize year-round.

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